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Unit One
Study Guide
For each of the three units in CWC this semester, you'll have a study guide designed to prepare you for
quizzes and the unit exam. These guides will work best if you use them in conjunction with taking notes in
lecture and small group and as you do your assigned readings.
WHAT TO EXPECT ON QUIZZES AND EXAMS
Quizzes and exams will feature some mixture of the following types of questions:
• Vocabulary recognition: matching descriptions to the right term and/or answering very brief
questions about a term (who the person is, when they were alive, where they lived)
• Vocabulary significance: explaining why a term is significant in the history of Christianity and/or
western culture (mastery terms only; see below)
• Vocabulary and reading connection: explaining how two mastery terms or a mastery term and a
key quotation from a particularly important primary source (in bold in the reading packet) connect
to each other in the story of CWC
• Timeline: placing people or events from the vocabulary list in the proper place and sequence on a
timeline provided — you don't need to memorize anything more specific than the appropriate
century unless a specific year is written next to a term in the vocab list
• Map: placing people or events from the vocabulary list in the most appropriate place on a map of the
western world (look for review "apps" on Moodle to help with this, the timeline, and the quotation
matching described below)
• Reading comprehension: (a) matching a quotation to the primary source from which it was taken
and/or identifying the main point of any assigned reading; (b) writing a short paragraph
demonstrating understanding of an assigned reading and/or discussing it in light of a contemporary
situation or issue (small group leaders will post specific reading questions each week).
• Application: each exam will end with a ten-point short essay that has you apply something you've
learned from the unit to a more contemporary question. (Those aren't in the study guides, but will be
previewed at the 'large group small group" before each exam.)
For this first exam and Unit One quizzes, you're only responsible for material from this study guide. In
future exams and quizzes, mastery terms (see below) from the preceding unit(s) will also be fair game.
VOCABULARY: MASTERY VS. RECOGNITION
Most vocabulary for CWC consists of recognition terms: you simply need to be able to recognize them if
described, and to place them in the appropriate places on a map and timeline (as applicable — e.g., some
terms span multiple centuries and won't fit in a single timeslot; some people and terms aren't associated with a
single place and can't be pinpointed on a map). But a few especially important names and concepts are
treated as mastery terms: in addition to being able to recognize them and put them on a map/timeline,
you should be able to (a) answer brief questions about them (who/what, when, where), (b) explain their
significance, and (c) explain how they connect to related mastery vocab terms or key quotations from
primary source readings. Also, mastery terms remain fair game on future exams (i.e., expect to review Unit
One mastery terms for the second exam).
CWC Unit One Study Guide * Spring 2016 * page 1

Unit One
Study Guide
For each of the three units in CWC this semester, you'll have a study guide designed to prepare you for
quizzes and the unit exam. These guides will work best if you use them in conjunction with taking notes in
lecture and small group and as you do your assigned readings.
WHAT TO EXPECT ON QUIZZES AND EXAMS
Quizzes and exams will feature some mixture of the following types of questions:
• Vocabulary recognition: matching descriptions to the right term and/or answering very brief
questions about a term (who the person is, when they were alive, where they lived)
• Vocabulary significance: explaining why a term is significant in the history of Christianity and/or
western culture (mastery terms only; see below)
• Vocabulary and reading connection: explaining how two mastery terms or a mastery term and a
key quotation from a particularly important primary source (in bold in the reading packet) connect
to each other in the story of CWC
• Timeline: placing people or events from the vocabulary list in the proper place and sequence on a
timeline provided — you don't need to memorize anything more specific than the appropriate
century unless a specific year is written next to a term in the vocab list
• Map: placing people or events from the vocabulary list in the most appropriate place on a map of the
western world (look for review "apps" on Moodle to help with this, the timeline, and the quotation
matching described below)
• Reading comprehension: (a) matching a quotation to the primary source from which it was taken
and/or identifying the main point of any assigned reading; (b) writing a short paragraph
demonstrating understanding of an assigned reading and/or discussing it in light of a contemporary
situation or issue (small group leaders will post specific reading questions each week).
• Application: each exam will end with a ten-point short essay that has you apply something you've
learned from the unit to a more contemporary question. (Those aren't in the study guides, but will be
previewed at the 'large group small group" before each exam.)
For this first exam and Unit One quizzes, you're only responsible for material from this study guide. In
future exams and quizzes, mastery terms (see below) from the preceding unit(s) will also be fair game.
VOCABULARY: MASTERY VS. RECOGNITION
Most vocabulary for CWC consists of recognition terms: you simply need to be able to recognize them if
described, and to place them in the appropriate places on a map and timeline (as applicable — e.g., some
terms span multiple centuries and won't fit in a single timeslot; some people and terms aren't associated with a
single place and can't be pinpointed on a map). But a few especially important names and concepts are
treated as mastery terms: in addition to being able to recognize them and put them on a map/timeline,
you should be able to (a) answer brief questions about them (who/what, when, where), (b) explain their
significance, and (c) explain how they connect to related mastery vocab terms or key quotations from
primary source readings. Also, mastery terms remain fair game on future exams (i.e., expect to review Unit
One mastery terms for the second exam).
CWC Unit One Study Guide * Spring 2016 * page 1